The Church of Reason, like all institutions of the System, is based not on individual strength but upon individual weakness. What's really demanded in the Church of Reason is not ability, but inability. Then you are considered teachable. A truly able person is always a threat.

— Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)

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